Students are assigned to field experience in local schools in the Edmonton area; the practicum consists of 6 weeks, every day, all week. Students experience the role of an Indigenous educational assistant working directly with an assigned teacher in the classroom. This experience helps the Indigenous educational assistant to actively practice the knowledge, skills, and strategies they have learned in the classroom, in the fall semester. In addition, students are able to understand the dimensions of the role and the nature of the exceptional students that are part of an inclusive classroom in today's schools.